Changes

Ethnic tensions in [[Crimea]] during 1992 prompted a number of pro-Russian political organizations to advocate secession of Crimea and reincorporation to Russia. (Crimea was ceded by the RFSSR to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954, in recognition of historic links and for economic convenience, to mark the 300th anniversary of Ukraine's union with Russia.) In July 1992, the Crimean and Ukrainian parliaments determined that Crimea would remain under Ukrainian jurisdiction while retaining significant cultural and economic autonomy.  

Ethnic tensions in [[Crimea]] during 1992 prompted a number of pro-Russian political organizations to advocate secession of Crimea and reincorporation to Russia. (Crimea was ceded by the RFSSR to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954, in recognition of historic links and for economic convenience, to mark the 300th anniversary of Ukraine's union with Russia.) In July 1992, the Crimean and Ukrainian parliaments determined that Crimea would remain under Ukrainian jurisdiction while retaining significant cultural and economic autonomy.  

Since the U.S. coup in 2014 and bringing to power "moderate rebel" neo-Nazis, extrajudicial killings, harassment, arbitrary detentions by men in camouflaged uniforms, beatings and disappearances have taken place on a regular basis.  Most of the detentions and disappearances are often carried out by the Ukrainian Security service, (SBU), under a sweeping repression.  The Ukrainian authorities and associated ultra-nationalist groups seek out people who were not only critical of the former but also the current Ukrainian government.  Threats, harassment and calls for violence has been and continue to be made against those who:

Since the U.S.-backed coup in 2014 and the bringing to power "moderate rebel" neo-Nazis, extrajudicial killings, harassment, arbitrary detentions by men in camouflaged uniforms, beatings and disappearances have taken place on a regular basis.  Most of the detentions and disappearances are often carried out by the Ukrainian Security service, (SBU), under a sweeping repression.  The Ukrainian authorities and associated ultra-nationalist groups seek out people who were not only critical of the former but also the current Ukrainian government.  Threats, harassment and calls for violence has been and continue to be made against those who:

*publicly supported the [[Minsk Agreements]],

*publicly supported the [[Minsk Agreements]],

*are against “de-communization”,

*are against “de-communization”,